Sen is the creator of the completed four-volume indie manga Horon of The Closed Country, published in English by Manga Mavericks Books, with a print release planned for winter 2026 and an appearance at Anime NYC 2026.
Sen is the creator of Horon of The Closed Country, a completed four-volume indie manga that Manga Mavericks Books publishes in English. The first volume is available digitally, and a print release is planned for winter 2026. The company is actively promoting the series, booking Sen for a panel and autograph sessions at Anime NYC 2026 on August 21 at 3:30 p.m. EDT.
The appearance gives readers a direct chance to meet the creator of a series that has already concluded. The manga's completion and the publisher's ongoing support suggest a title that has found an audience in English translation. The print release, still ahead, will extend the series' availability beyond digital.
Coverage of Sen is limited to this single event and the associated publication details. No other stories in the cluster mention Sen or Horon of The Closed Country, so the dossier rests entirely on the Anime NYC announcement.
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Yuri Hoshiai's manga Goku to Mitsu: After Champagne Call begins its relocated serialization on Hakusensha's Manga Park app from Saturday, October 10, 2026, with updates scheduled every Saturday. A reading challenge campaign runs October 10 to October 16, giving 5 bonus coins to readers who finish the first chapter. The work previously ran in the digital extra issue LaLa Icha LaLa.
A fall season roundup from ASCII.jp names six shows, among them the second season of Sasaki and Peeps, FX Senshi Kurumi-chan, and DARK MACHINE THE ANIMATION, alongside Ao no Denshou - Welsh & Shedar, New Prince of Tennis U-17 WORLD CUP Final Member Selection Match, and Uma Yuru Fulgete!. The Sasaki and Peeps entry lists director Ishibe Yushi, music by Fujimoto Koji and Sasaki Osamu, and animation production by SILVER LINK.
French manga duo Atelier Sento release the horror novel game The Doll Shop on Steam on October 12. A free demo is available on Steam. The game is set in rural Japan and follows a young male doll maker with a secret who reunites with a childhood friend in a snowbound village. Play blends adventure and visual novel elements, with doll repair, village exploration, and three endings.
A Real Sound Anime interview gathers Jun Furukawa, Konomi Inagaki, Anna Nagase, and Haruka Shiraishi to discuss the TV anime When I Woke Up, I Had the Strongest Equipment and a Spaceship, So I Want to Live Freely as a Mercenary Aiming for a Detached House. They describe the mix of isekai reincarnation and sci-fi, hard-to-read star and country names, and the dubbing sessions they worked through together.
Kadokawa revealed the first key visual, main cast, and a 2027 premiere for the television anime of Enma Akiyama's Noa Is My Senior, and My Friend. Rina Kawaguchi voices Noa Saotome and Tomoya Ito voices Rihito Otsuka. Shinsuke Yanagi directs at feel., with Keiichiro Ochi on series scripts and Yumiko Yamamoto designing characters. Akiyama launched the manga in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump in 2023, and a 12th compiled volume arrives October 19.
Six titles are joined in a 2026 fall anime feature, among them the magical suspense series Magical Girl Raising Project restart, adapted from Asari Endo's light novels and animated by SynergySP; an esper comedy, Choujun! Choujou Senpai; and a second season of the Pierrot magical girl work Magical Sisters LuluttoLily. The feature also lists Yuru Yuru Zukan, Chokotto Yabasity, and Rakuraku Hanten. Hiroyuki Hashimoto directs the Raising Project restart adaptation.
At the "NARUTO: What's Next?" panel at New York Comic Con on October 10, Masashi Kishimoto was announced as the writer and artist of a new manga in the Naruto franchise. A teaser video showed a possible title, read by sources as Shadow Rising Naruto or Naruto: Shadow Rising, and Anime Corner reports it as NARUTO: SHADOW RISING with Kishimoto set to draw the project. The panel grouped the manga with three other confirmed initiatives out of eight planned for 2027 through 2029 under the banner PROJECT RASENGAN: a four-episode Naruto and Ninku crossover anime, a NARUTO Card Game releasing in June 2027, and a new mobile game. More details are planned for Jump Festa '27 on December 19 and 20. Junko Takeuchi, the Japanese voice of Naruto Uzumaki, and Noriaki Sugiyama, the voice of Sasuke Uchiha, attended as special guests.
Sentinel 6, an Afro-futurist sci-fi adventure anime, is in development with Michael Carter-Williams and Jamaal Williams on board as executive producers, alongside independent talent manager Sam Goff. LeSean Thomas wrote the pilot and is a consulting producer. Pat Stout and the late Asa Palmer created the series in 2019 under their company Sable Kudzu; it is set in 2429, after the Great Phoenix War, and runs 11 to 12 thirty-minute episodes. Creative Freaks won the production bid.
M2 announced on October 10 that the console version of Senxin Aleste will launch for Nintendo Switch, PS5, and PS4 on March 18, 2027. Pre-orders for the Switch and PS5 physical editions opened at 21:00 the same day. Physical copies come in a standard edition at 7,480 yen and a limited edition at 11,880 yen; the download version is 4,950 yen, and the PS4 version is download-only.
M2 announced Armed Police Batrider (Working Title) at the M2 ShotTriggers 10th Anniversary event. The original arcade shooter, released by Raizing in January 1998, gathers 18 selectable ships drawn from ZERO COP, Mahou Daisakusen, and Battle Garegga, sorted into teams. M2 Gadget support features item and boss tracking. The release includes an ARCADE mode and a SUPER EASY mode. Platforms, timing, and price are unannounced.
The YouTube channel ElAnalistaDeBits published a comparison of Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen on Switch 2 and PS5. PS5 in Performance Mode runs at upscaled 2160p and 60fps; Switch 2 runs at roughly 45fps, upscaled to 1440p in TV mode and 1080p handheld. Frame generation lifts Switch 2 to a steady 60fps, and Capcom allows it to be disabled.
COSPA is releasing a zip hoodie from Natsume's Book of Friends with Nyanko-sensei printed on the back. The Nyanko-sensei Bodyguard Zip Hoodie comes in MIX GRAY and COYOTE, sizes M through XXL, priced at 8,800 yen including tax. Pre-sales run in December 2026 at the Natsume's Book of Friends Anime Official Online Store, with general sale set for mid-January 2027. Basic pre-orders close October 25, 2026.
Alliance Arts has released two paid music packs for the rhythm adventure game Yunyun Denpa Syndrome on PC. The Yuzusoft pack adds six opening themes from the bishoujo brand's titles, including Koi Koi Enishi from Senren * Banka and Koi Seyo Otome! from Sanoba Witch. A KOTOKO pack carries 12 songs, and five free songs are available to main game owners.
NHK announced on Friday, October 9, the hosts of the 77th Kohaku Uta Gassen: Mana Ashida, Masato Sakai, Kazunari Ninomiya, and announcer Nahoko Suzuki. The 2026 theme is "Koe te ikou, uta to tomo ni." Sakai and Ninomiya play sworn brothers in the TBS drama VIVANT, whose sequel airs from July for two consecutive cours. The show airs live December 31, 7:20 p.m. to 11:45 p.m.
Tom Cruise and director Alejandro G. Iñárritu visited MAPPA EXPO 15th Anniversary at YURAKUCHO MUSEUM in Tokyo while promoting their film DIGGER. They toured the Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man areas, viewed The Rumbling exhibit from Attack on Titan The Final Season, and held a roundtable with animator Yoshihisa Hiramatsu, who gave them a new illustration of Cruise's character Digger Rockwell.
Pre-orders for merchandise tied to the real event "[Real Event] Kanae-sensei Is Amazing ~Apparently She's Doing a Talk Event~ [No Bleeps] ~LiVe on Stage~" open October 11, 2026 at noon and run through November 10 on ClaN MARKET. The made-to-order lineup includes acrylic stands at 2,000 yen, charms in two types at 1,000 yen each, tokens in two types at 1,500 yen each, and a notebook and ballpoint pen set at 1,500 yen. Streaming tickets are on sale now for 5,500 yen.
RENGAME announced on October 8 that Keroro Gunso☆ Hachamecha TV Show will release on December 9, Keroro's birthday. The minigame collection launches on Steam and Nintendo Switch at 1,980 yen with tax included. A trial version is now available on Steam with three minigames across 25 stages, while the full version adds shooting and calculation games.
ZETA DIVISION-affiliated streamer k4sen will host "League The k4sen" Season: Finale, an 11-day tournament running October 15 to November 22. It uses the NEXT, CORE and MASTERS tiers across four teams, 15 members each, 60 players total, with a Regular Stage, MASTERS CUP and Playoffs. Kuzuha, Kukuri Aria, Takamiya Rion, Tachibana Hinano, Shishido Akari, Kanae, Kagura Mea, Shirona Shizuku, Tentei Forte and Astel Leda are among the participants.
The k4sen-hosted League of Legends event League The k4sen has announced all 60 participants for its final season, LTK Season: Finale. Dahlia Diadem, Camellia Crown, Iris Tiara, and Laurel Regalia each field 15 players across MASTERS, CORE, and NEXT tiers. Six people join as LTK players for the first time: Kanae, Stunmi Japan, Jasper, Shishido Akari, Harucha, and Nemoh. Play runs from October 15 through the November 21 and 22 playoffs.
The Switch 2 release of Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen carries the base game and the expansion in one package when it launches on October 9, 2026. Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S versions sell the bundle and the standalone expansion separately, and the expansion still requires the base game. A play report describes smooth FSR3 frame generation and handheld or TV modes.
On October 7, HONEY∞PARADE GAMES posted a video announcing new information about Shinobi NEXUS -Senran Kagura-, a new app game in the Senran Kagura series. The footage, originally planned for a canceled Tokyo Game Show 2026 program, introduces all 15 shinobi girls from three academies and shows the main story's prologue, where Kohime, Inori, and Akira meet. A November 2026 program focused on gameplay is set to stream.
The live-action series of Yamayade's Can You Kiss Me First? released a new teaser on Wednesday that announces and previews its theme song, "Shiranai," by Urashimasakatasen. Jin Suzuki and Gaku Oshida star as Ueno and Kanda. Meigetsu Takahashi directs, Emi Amamoto writes the scripts, and Nobuhiro Tateno and Ami Yamashita compose. The series premieres on Fuji TV on October 19 and streams on Fuji TV On Demand.
The anime FX Senshi Kurumi-chan began on October 1, 2026, adapted from the Demunyan and Tansan Daisuki manga in Monthly Comic Flapper. Episode 1 opens with a disclaimer calling FX a high-risk product whose losses may exceed the margin deposit, then shows protagonist Fukuga Kurumi's mother losing 20 million yen. Mamiko Noto voices the mother. The ending lyrics teach foreign currencies.
NEOLAVI began distributing a demo version of the PC game "Are You Curious About What's Inside Your Oshi?" on Steam on October 6, 2026. Players take the role of a rookie security guard at the entrance of the VTuber agency Stellaria, deciding whether to allow or deny visitors entry. The guard is a longtime listener of the agency's VTuber Hoshino Luna, having followed her since her debut, and took the job to protect her from close range. Players inspect entry passes, schedules, affiliation certificates, and other documents. Inspection items increase as days pass, adding anti-counterfeit logo verification, X-ray baggage inspection, voice authentication, and emergency response to suspicious individuals. Visitors include agency staff, stream-related personnel, VTubers, and unidentified individuals. Players can interrogate those who seem suspicious. The game is in development for Windows on Steam. The demo supports Japanese.
Orange Inc.'s emaqi e-bookstore is adding 11 new titles this month, eight of them through the emaqi Premium monthly subscription. The picks include Yuka Tatami's Streaming Under My Control, koma's The Soldier Groom and the Daikon Bride, Yuji Shiozaki's Shin Ikki Tousen, Kaduho's Kill Me Baby, Ryokuji Yoshizawa's And So, We Mostly Destroyed, and Kawakami Daishiro's Song of the Thirty-Year-Olds' Blues. The service also added a chat assistant meant to help readers find titles by mood and preference.
FX Senshi Kurumi-chan begins airing Thursday, October 1, 2026 on AT-X, TOKYO MX, BS11, and Kantele. Episode 1, "What Is FX?", shows Kurumi as a third-year middle school student learning her mother Kozue lost 20 million yen in FX, then deciding to trade the market to recover it. Time passes and Kurumi, now a university student, steps onto the battlefield. Passione handles animation under director Yuki Ogawa, from the manga by Demunyan and Tansan Daisuki.
Staff at Ninja Theory have begun reporting job losses and redundancy on LinkedIn, according to posts reviewed by VGC. Those affected include technical sound designer Alessio Mellina, gameplay programmer Katrin Mair, performance capture technical staff member Xoe Subari, and technical director Loong-Wei Ding, with roles spanning sound design, senior technical art, character art, and principal sound design. Microsoft and Ninja Theory have made no official announcement, and the total number affected is not clear.
The TV anime Choujun! Choujou Senpai will begin airing October 6, 2026, in the Ka Anibaru!! slot on Kansai TV and Fuji TV's national network. M!LK performs the opening theme Zattsu! Choujou and Shifuku Poncho performs the ending theme Mata Ashita. A second main promotional video using the opening song and new scene photos is out. Alvo Animation handles production under director Yamamoto Jun'ichi.
Premium Bandai is taking preorders for a batch of Gunpla kits scheduled to ship in December 2026. The roundup spans Real Grade reprints including the GAT-X105 Strike Gundam Deactive Mode and the ZGMF-X09A Justice Gundam Deactive Mode, effect unit reprints for Strike Freedom and Destiny, the High Grade Leon, Gundam Griepe and Gundam Aerial Permet Score Six, and the SD BB Senshi Tenrei Gundamu Reprint Kirako Ver. Prices start at 1,870 yen.
GANYMEDE, which operates the esports team ZETA DIVISION, announced the visuals, profiles, and trailer for six VTubers debuting under UltraLMTM, a brand produced by ZETA DIVISION creator k4sen. The debut streams run October 5 and 6 at 19:00, three members each night, with an official stream featuring k4sen from 20:30.
Mobilis Frontier -The Forgotten Capital of Reminiscence-, a free-roam XR experience built on the isekai Vlog series Transition Zone Report, runs at Yurakucho Marui in Tokyo from November 13 to November 23. Tickets went on sale at 20:00 on October 5 and every slot for every day sold out in 23 minutes. Production company Alphacode is now recruiting show business partners for a nationwide rollout.
Kagura Games and MangaGamer released the Steam version of Alice Soft's Sengoku Rance, the region conquest simulation RPG from 2006 and the seventh Rance entry. The Steam release supports the Japanese interface and subtitles. Its store page is not set to an adults-only rating, so adult content may have been cut from the version sold on Steam; a patch is distributed on the Kagura Games website. It is 20 percent off, 2,024 yen, until October 16.
2P START opened the Steam store page for Ekakiuta Daigassen on September 29, 2026. Up to four players draw at the same time along to a drawing song, with the subject kept hidden until the song ends, and the closest picture wins. The game enters Early Access on PC via Steam on October 1 at 17:00, priced at 580 yen.
Good Smile Company's "Natsume's Book of Friends [BOX] Nendoroid Surprise Natsume Takashi & Nyanko Sensei Collection" is available for preorder on Amazon.co.jp at 8,672 yen including tax, with a release date of July 31, 2027. One box holds six pieces covering six character types: Natsume Takashi in school uniform, Japanese clothing and casual clothes, plus Nyanko Sensei drunk, heart and panicked. Surprise parts also run to six types and pairings are random.
TBS announced that Alim Qasimov, a national singer of Azerbaijan's mugham tradition, and his daughter Fargana Qasimova recorded vocals for a new VIVANT theme. Akira Senju, the drama's music director in Season 1, composed "Qarabag Sikestesi in VIVANT." The production team encountered mugham while shooting in Azerbaijan. A vinyl release, "'VIVANT' THE VINYL," is set for December 2.
Unitcom will sell a League The k4sen Official Original Design Pillarless Model under its LEVEL∞ gaming PC line from October 5, on a build-to-order basis starting at 279,800 yen. Buyers ordering a qualifying model between October 5 and December 11 at 14:59 receive an LTK Special Box, shipped separately from mid-November. Three example builds run from Core Ultra 5 to Ryzen 7 9800X3D with GeForce RTX 5070 Ti.
Toei Animation released non-credit videos for the opening and ending themes of 'Our Selected Best Adventure' on October 4. Ayumi Miyazaki and Takayoshi Tanimoto perform the songs. 'SHAKARIKI!!' is the opening, 'Limitless Dreams' the ending, both with lyrics by Hiroshi Yamada, music by Michihiko Ohta, and arrangement by Takayoshi Tanimoto. The opening gathers characters from the four series that were voted on and hints at the start of a new adventure.
The November issue of Hakusensha's LaLa DX magazine announced on Monday that Yuki Kure's Ayame-san Chi no Geshuku-nin manga will end with its next chapter in the magazine's next issue on December 4. The magazine publishes a new issue every two months. Kure launched the series in LaLa DX in June 2025, and Hakusensha released the first compiled volume on April 3.
Wholesome Games Presents announced on October 1 that the PC (Steam) version of Usagi Shima, the rabbit-collecting idle game from studio rabbiko, arrives on October 29, with Japanese in-game display planned. Players manage an uninhabited island, place toys and facilities to attract rabbits, pet and brush them for carrots, and fill a Rabbit Ear Encyclopedia. More than 35 rabbits are included.
Kagura Games began distributing AliceSoft's Sengoku Rance on Steam on October 2, 2026, and the 2006 region-conquest strategy game has drawn about 350 user reviews with 94 percent rated positive, a Very Positive standing at the time of writing. It also recorded a peak concurrent player count near 2,100, according to SteamDB. Roughly 55 percent of reviews come from Simplified Chinese users and 21 percent from English users, while Japanese reviews are about 5 percent, per the Steam Scout analysis tool. The release is a general-audience edition with sexual content modified for Steam, though a patch sold alongside restores the adult elements. AliceSoft's localization partner Kagura Games has already announced plans to bring Rance 9 Helman Revolution, Rance 03 Leazas Fallen, and Rance 01 + 02 to the platform.
Clouded Leopard Entertainment plans to release 13Z -Jusanza Senki-, developed by Mixed Realms, for Nintendo Switch 2 and PS5 on January 14, 2027, with Japanese voice and subtitles. A PC version on Steam is also planned by Mixed Realms. The 3D roguelite supports solo play and up to four-player co-op, and a demo was playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026.
Game production team Lily Company has released Unknown Passenger 47 for free on unityroom and itch.io. The player acts as the person in charge of victim identification for an aviation accident, cross-referencing body records with a passenger manifest, dental records, and lodging records to confirm every victim's identity. Completion is estimated at two to three hours. The game is described as an Obra Dinn-like deduction puzzle.
SteelSeries Japan announced on September 30 that it plans to release the Sensei Pro and Rival Pro gaming mice in Japan. Both are wireless. The Sensei Pro has a symmetrical design, the Rival Pro an ergonomic shape. They support an 8,000Hz polling rate, and two batteries are included so one can charge while the other is in use. Release date and other details are due around the end of October.
The week of October 5 brings a dense release slate across Japan and North America, led by three featured titles. Gears of War: E-Day arrives October 7 on Windows PC and Xbox Series X|S. Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen follows on October 9 across Windows PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2. KINGDOM HEARTS Collection [I-III], a bundle of four Kingdom Hearts releases, arrives October 8 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2. STAR WARS: Galactic Racer lands October 6 on Windows PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 for Nintendo Switch 2 appears October 8 on Switch 2. The week also carries Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival on October 8 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, and PAPERHEAD on October 9 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. Roundups from Game Spark and Inside list dozens of smaller titles alongside these.
Sega released "Hiro - Essential Works" on Spotify and Apple Music on September 25, the third volume of its playlist project centered on the company's creators. The 118-track playlist was selected by Hiro (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), who composed music for the Taikan Game series including Out Run. It includes Hang-On and Space Harrier tracks alongside Fantasy Zone, Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars, Rent-A-Hero, and maimai. Sega says more creator playlists will follow.
Kadokawa unveiled the second teaser key visual and second teaser video for Sentenced to Be a Hero -Game of the GODDESS-, a smartphone game for Android and iOS developed by VIC GAME STUDIOS. Light novel author Rocket Shokai supervises the original scenario. Returning anime cast include Yohei Azakami, Mayu Iizuka, Shizuka Ishigami, and Shun Horie. New original characters are Miyu Tomita as Noi Marjella and Fuka Izumi as Lisabella.
Sasami Kamone announced on September 26 that they will draw the manga adaptation of Keishi Ayasato's Seijo Seisen -Taizai Yusha to Omoide no Majo- light novel series. The manga will run on the Suiyobi wa Mattari Dash X Comic page of the Nico Nico Seiga website, with no start date given beyond "soon." Ayasato's first novel shipped in June 2025 under Shueisha's Dash X Bunko imprint, with illustrations by Genyaky.
Chizu Kamiko's Seijo Mellia to Sennen Okoku no Kishi ended on the KadoComi website on Friday. The story follows Melia, a girl who cannot use magic and suffers under new caretakers after being separated from her grandmother, until she meets Douglas, a knight searching for a cure for the princess's illness. Kamiko launched the series on Kadokawa's Young Ace Up platform in 2021. Kadokawa shipped the sixth compiled volume in June 2025.
Saisou confirmed in a reply to a fan on social media that My Tiny Senpai will end with its 14th volume next April. The manga launched on Takeshobo's Storia Dash service in April 2020, and the 13th compiled volume shipped on September 16. J-Novel Club publishes it in English. It inspired a July 2023 anime and a live-action series in January 2025.
Manga artist Eiji Hashimoto confirmed on his pixiv Fanbox page on September 15 that he has fully lost hearing in his right ear, after being diagnosed with sudden sensorineural hearing loss in April. He said treatment began within a week of onset and that two months of rehabilitation followed. He can now sit at his desk and work, and plans to resume activities while limiting strain on his mind and body.